Baroness Ashton of Upholland: On 21 November 2005 I made an order under Section 2(6) of the Taxes Management Act 1970 amalgamating a number of divisions in Kent, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Devon, Suffolk, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire as follows.
	With effect from 1 December 2005
	Dartford and Gravesend Divisions are merged into Dartford and Gravesend Division.
	Bath and Barton Regis with Grumbalds Ash Divisions are merged into Bath, Barton Regis and Grumbalds Ash Division.
	With effect from 1 January 2006
	Axminster, Crediton, Exeter City, Sidmouth and Tiverton Divisions are merged into Exeter and East Devon Division.
	Bury St Edmunds and Lackford Divisions are merged into West Suffolk Division.
	Ipswich Borough and Woodbridge Divisions are merged into East Suffolk Division
	Banbury and Brackley Divisions are merged into Banbury and Brackley Division.
	North Nottingham and South Nottingham Divisions are merged into Nottingham Division.
	With effect from 17 February 2006
	Newton Abbot, Paignton and Torquay Divisions are merged into Torbay Division.
	All the amalgamations were made at the request of the general commissioners in all the divisions with the aim of improving the organisational efficiency of the divisions concerned. I have placed a copy of the order amalgamating the divisions in the Libraries of both Houses.